This page summarises the donations reported to the Electoral Commission by central party units during the pre-poll period leading up to the 2024 GE. These are also compared to donations made in 2019 by the same period.

Totals: 2024 pre-poll week one - three

All donations made to the Co-operative party were combined with the Labour party, and public funds were removed. Scroll to see full tables.

Individual
Company
Trade Union
Political Party
Unincorporated Association
Friendly Society
Total
Party W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
Conservative Party £471,418 £192,500 £105,000 £107,945 £100,587 £75,000 £50,000 £100,000 £146,000 £125,000 £23,442 £28,500 £50,000 £170,000 £125,000 £1,870,392
Labour Party £484,000 £4,323,400 £1,429,400 £175,000 £265,600 £500,000 £20,000 £76,232 £32,908 £100,000 £1,880,518 £200,000 £200,000 £30,000 £34,000 £9,751,058
Liberal Democrats £105,000 £155,000 £173,945 £336,000 £37,500 £18,703 £349,999 £180,000 £20,000 £179,982 £100,000 £1,656,129
Reform UK £90,000 £242,000 £54,000 £492,360 £25,000 £50,000 £500,000 £45,000 £100,000 £20,000 £1,618,360
SNP £127,998 £127,998
Green Party £20,000 £20,000 £100,000 £20,000 £160,000
Climate Party £25,000 £25,000
Workers Party of Britain £12,000 £12,000
Social Democratic Party £25,000 £25,000
Total £1,303,416 £4,932,900 £1,794,345 £1,211,305 £428,687 £18,703 £999,999 £750,000 £165,000 £522,214 £245,000 £32,908 £100,000 £1,880,518 £200,000 £200,000 £23,442 £28,500 £50,000 £170,000 £125,000 £30,000 £34,000 £15,245,937

2024 totals: combined

Donor Status
Individual Company Unincorporated
Association
Friendly Society Trade Union Political Party Total
Conservative Party £977,450 £496,000 £373,500 £23,442 £1,870,392
Labour Party £6,677,400 £596,232 £64,000 £2,413,426 £9,751,058
Liberal Democrats £826,148 £829,981 £1,656,129
Reform UK £903,360 £715,000 £1,618,360
SNP £127,998 £127,998
Green Party £140,000 £20,000 £160,000
Climate Party £25,000 £25,000
Workers Party of Britain £12,000 £12,000
Social Democratic Party £25,000 £25,000
Total £9,689,356 £2,682,213 £373,500 £64,000 £2,413,426 £23,442 £15,245,937

Comparisons: 2019 and 2024 GE

The table below summarises the total amounts received by each party, split by pre-poll donation week.

Week one to three

The table below summarises totals for week one to six, split by 2019 and 2024.

Interestingly, Labour received a higher total donation amount in week 2 of the 2019 campaign, however when looking at donor type, it can be seem this was massively boosted by Trade Union donations - individual and company donations remained low for Labour during week 2 of the 2019 campaign.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024
Conservative Party £5,673,646 £574,918 £2,967,000 £292,500 £3,590,500 £375,000 £3,201,965 £378,945 £2,545,500 £249,028 £1,392,297
Labour Party £218,500 £1,046,908 £3,488,000 £4,443,400 £521,909 £3,343,918 £1,017,417 £451,232 £165,471 £465,600
Liberal Democrats £275,000 £454,999 £251,000 £335,000 £509,998 £193,945 £80,000 £515,982 £130,000 £137,500 £18,703
Reform UK £250,000 £140,000 £2,250,000 £742,000 £99,000 £125,000 £592,360 £1,475,000 £45,000 £50,000
SNP £127,998 £10,000 £14,929
Green Party £30,000 £37,750 £20,000 £100,000 £20,000 £50,000 £120,000 £24,727
Plaid Cymru £70,000
Climate Party £25,000
Social Democratic Party £25,000
Workers Party of Britain £12,000
Alliance £60,000 £15,000
Renew £15,000
Advance Together £22,750 £39,750
Total £6,507,146 £2,394,823 £9,073,750 £5,832,900 £4,737,407 £4,043,863 £4,512,132 £2,058,519 £4,380,448 £897,128 £1,457,226 £18,703

The graph below shows the same trends for the main parties that received donations: Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, Reform, Greens, Plaid and SNP.

Split by donor type

The table below summarises the total amounts recieved in week 1, 2 and 3 of the campaigns, split by donor type (scroll left to see all columns).

Individual
Company
Trade Union
Political Party
Unincorporated Association
Friendly Society
LLP
2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024 2019 2024
Conservative Party £13,473,657 £977,450 £5,789,251 £496,000 £23,442 £88,000 £373,500 £20,000
Labour Party £159,442 £6,677,400 £201,600 £596,232 £5,039,754 £2,413,426 £10,500 £64,000
Liberal Democrats £1,004,998 £826,148 £241,000 £829,981
Reform UK £4,150,000 £903,360 £715,000
SNP £14,929 £127,998 £10,000
Green Party £232,477 £140,000 £10,000 £20,000
Plaid Cymru £70,000
Climate Party £25,000
Social Democratic Party £25,000
Workers Party of Britain £12,000
Alliance £25,000 £50,000
Renew £15,000
Advance Together £32,500 £30,000
NA £20,000
Total £19,183,003 £9,689,356 £6,346,851 £2,682,213 £5,039,754 £2,413,426 £0 £23,442 £98,500 £373,500 £0 £64,000 £20,000 £0

Biggest party comparisons

Below sums up the totals for week one to three received in 2019 and 2024 by the key parties. This is to get a better sense of total amounts compared to 2019 - it is interesting that there was still more money going into the Conservatives relative to how much Labour are getting now.

This may be related to the increase in reporting threshold; in 2019 any donation over £7,500 needed to be reported, the Elections Act of 2022 raised this threshold to £11,180. Rather than less money being accepted, it may be less is required to be reported. This is speculation.